Dear List Members,
The Georgia EPD has requested that the US Army CORPS of Engineers reduce the water
flow releases from Buford Dam on an emergency basis due to the current drought situation.
EPD assessed the minimum flows at Peachtree Creek on the Chattahoochee in Fulton County
and determined that 550 CFS (cubic feet per second), down from current minimum of 750 CFS
can handle necessary requirements for dissolved oxygen and downstream flows due to
substantial rain events below Buford Dam. EPD has requested that this flow reduction be implemented immediately and be maintained through April 2008, when it will be reevaluated. The Lake Lanier Association supports this request initiated by EPD. Although it will not fill the Lake, it will modestly increase the Lake levels as we get prepared for the summer continuation of the drought.

The purpose of this CALL TO ACTION is to ask the Lanier Stakeholders to inform
the CORPS that you support the reduced flows at Peachtree Creek from 750 to
550 CFS.

This will reduce the outflow at Buford Dam (Lanier) and allow more water
storage in Lanier rather than sending it down stream unnecessarily. The input of Lanier
stakeholders is due to the CORPS by close of business Thursday, February 28, 2008.
A large response to this request will show the CORPS how many of us are concerned
about their management of the water levels in Lanier.

A brief note to the CORPS supporting the EPD request can be electronically transmitted using the following email address: cesam-pd-ea@usace.army.mil

Drought information can be found on the Corps' Web site,www.sam.usace.army.mil.

The Corps' email and the letter from the EPD to the Corps of Engineers will be on our site tomorrow, www.lakelanier.org